Best 6 Lemony Corn Muffins Recipes

BASIC CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together corn meal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add egg, oil and milk; stir gently to combine. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

BLUEBERRY LEMON CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. and line six 1/3-cup muffin cups with paper liners.
• Melt butter and cool. Into a large bowl sift together flour and baking powder and whisk in cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon zest, and a generous pinch salt. In a bowl whisk together melted butter, milk, and yolks and add to flour mixture with half of blueberries, gently stirring until just combined.
• Divide batter evenly among cups (batter will fill cups) and press remaining blueberries into tops of muffins. Sprinkle tops of muffins evenly with remaining tablespoon sugar. Bake muffins in middle of oven about 15 minutes, or until tops are golden and a tester comes out clean. Remove muffins from cups and cool on a rack. Muffins keep in an airtight container at room temperature 2 days.

LEMON CORNBREAD MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a muffin pan with cooking spray.
• 2. Zest one lemon. Cut the lemon in half and juice it, discarding any seeds.
• 3. Pour the milk into a small bowl and add lemon juice. Stir juice and milk together and set aside - milk should slightly curdle forming a type of quick buttermilk.
• 4. Melt butter in microwave and then set aside to cool.
• 5. In a large bowl combine flour, cornmeal, oat bran, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Add lemon zest by sprinkling over dry ingredients. Whisk to combine.
• 6. Add eggs to dry ingredients. Then add butter, olive oil, milk and lemon juice mixture and vanilla to the large bowl. Stir until just combined.
• 7. Spoon the batter into muffin cups. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown around the edges and toothpick comes out with a few moist crumbs.
• 8. May be served plain or with jam.

SOUR CREAM AND LEMON HONEY CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease your muffin tray.
• Mixture is prepared in 2 parts - wet and dry. First prepare the wet mixture. In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggs, sour cream, melted butter, milk, honey, lemon zest and juice. In a separate large mixing bowl combine all dry ingredients. Once the dry mixture is blended begin to add the wet mixture by folding into the dry mixture. As soon as both mixtures are blended spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin tray. Fill each cup about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Bake muffins for about 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top has a golden crust. When ready, remove from the oven and let them cool slightly. Remove from tray and serve.

CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups.
• Mix flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, butter, and egg; mix well. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in the pans 10 to 15 minutes before removing from pan to cool completely on a wire rack.

RASPBERRY-LEMON CORN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F and line 15 (1/3-cup) muffin cups with liners, dividing evenly between 2 pans (muffins cook more evenly with empty cups among them).
• Whisk together flour, cornmeal, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, and zest in a large bowl. Whisk together butter, milk, yolks, and whole egg and stir into flour mixture until just combined.
• Gently stir in berries and divide batter evenly among cups (each cup will be about three fourths full).
• Bake in middle of oven (or upper and lower thirds if necessary) 10 minutes, then sprinkle tops evenly with sanding sugar. Bake muffins until tops are golden and a tester comes out clean, about 7 minutes more. Remove muffins from pans and cool on a rack.